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good morning. it is friday, may 18, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. newly released evidence in the trayvon martin case brings answers and new questions. we'll speak for the lawyer for george zimmerman, the man who shot martin. california governor jerry brown talks about taking on his state's $16 billion budget crisis on an interview you'll only see on "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. facebook goes public but what does the company have to do to keep investors happy? when i see you at 8:00, sacha baron cohen stops by studio 57. millions of tons of tsunami debris headed this way. is america ready for it. we remember the queen of
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disco, donna summer. first as we do every morning, we begin a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. newly released video shows martin at a sanford, florida, 7-eleven buying skittles and tea. state evidence sheds new light on the trayvon martin shooting. >> the one guy on top with the black hoodi he was was pretty much throwing blowing on the guy. >> he could have just drove away, but he profiled trayvon martin. he confronted him. and he shot and killed trayvon martin. >> the stock's $38 for a single share. the biggest ipo in this country's history. >> face book friends wall street. >> mark zuckerberg could be the second richest man in the country. >> lawmakers in washington are eyeing a recent status update by one of facebook co-founders. >> they say he has given up his citizenship to avoid paying taxes. >> eduardo saverin wants to
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defriend the united states of america. >> they have arrested a man in shootings. >> police are trying to unravel gunfire that sent people running for cover in louisville, kentucky. >> a swarm of bees temporarily halted the rockies game. >> i could have protective gear. >> are you all right? >> that would have been something. >> you know jay's watching right now. he's watching every second. >> i'm too big for this show. >> let me tell you, that cat -- the only thing that cat worries about is being too good looking. >> and all that matters. >> disco was king and donna summer was its queen. donna summer died of cancer. she was 63. >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ the lance dance tonight
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♪ welcome to "cbs this morning." a special prosecutor has taken the evidence against the man accused of murdering trayvon martin and making it public. >> it includes nearly 200 pages of documents, photos and audio recordings. mark strassmann has gone through it all. is he at the courthouse in sanford, florida. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie. this case has been so divisive from the start and the evidence file has something for everything. touches on all the known issues, possible racial motives, artin's marijuana use and the murky final seconds before the gunshot. in the surveillance video trayvon martin has 20 minutes to live. he left this convenience store with skittles and a can of iced tea and headed to a fatal
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confrontation with george zimmerman. >> a black guy down. looks like he's been shot and dead. >> reporter: in this evidence file, details of the fatal fight spill into public view for the first time. crime scene photos show the immediate aftermath. zimmerman's facial injuries, a broken nose, two black eyes, gashes in the back of his head. nearby his 9-millimeter gun, holster and cartridge. lying on the ground, martin's cell phone, on his stomach. can of iced tea still cold. they flipped over his body to perform cpr unsuccessfully for six minutes. >> they were doing mouth to to -- not really mouth to mouth, mouth to mask. >> reporter: martin's autopsy shows he was shot through the heart. gunpowder burns, called stipp stippling, shows he was shot from less than eight inches away. martin was hurt, a blood on his
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head, scarring on both hands. no eyewitness saw the shot but an unidentified one the file calls witness six said he saw martin beating on zimmerman. >> and then the one guy on top in the black hoodie was throwing down blows on the guy mma style. >> ground and pound. >> yeah, like a ground and pound on the concrete. >> reporter: officers say three times zimmerman refused to go to the hospital. an early sanford police report maintains the confrontation was unavoidable by zimmerman if zimmerman had waited in his vehicle and waited for law enforcement. >> he could have drove away. he profiled trayvon martin. he pursued him. he confronted him and shot and killed trayvon martin. >> reporter: there is no one a-ha moment in the evidence file. most is like the calls for help on the 911 tape, confusing, hard to identify with certainty and up for debate. charlie and erica, remember, the special prosecutor held back
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about 10% of her case from public view because the information was sensitive. >> mark, thank you. also in sanford is george zimmerman's attorney, mark o'mara. good morning. >> good morning, sir, how are you? >> the police have said that this incident was ultimately avoidable. do you agree with that? >> very hard to say right now. we only have partial discovery out. they're entitled to their opinion. we need to look at what all the evidence says is one full picture. >> does it change your case? >> well, the evidence does begin my case. some is out. it helps focus me and my team once we get the rest of the evidence, we can wade through that, get discovery and depositions done and plan on what pretrial motions are appropriate. >> how would you characterize what this evidence means to your argument and your case? >> well, it's important that we all, not only my team but everybody wait until all the evidence is out. looking at it piecemeal is what
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has caused some problems in the past with the case. i'd rather not comment on partial evidence. we'll deal with it all once we have it and deal with it in the courtroom. >> the 911 call and who was calling for help, and part of the evidence released trayvon martin's father in the report says he doesn't believe it's the voice of his son. >> i understand that to be part of the evidence. there's going to have to be a lot of forensic workup done to see if we can throw light on that issue. i know that's an issue a lot of people consider. >> what would you say in the general sense, the mental state of your client at this time? >> he is anxious to get the process moving, frustrated by the fact that he's basically living in hiding. but his spirits are good. >> what is the biggest challenge for you in representing george zimmerman? >> doing it properly in a courtroom. there has been a ground swell of emotions on this case.
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some for him, some against him. all of those opinions are incomplete or partial because i don't even know all the evidence. so my greatest concern is that this case seemingly has already been tried in the media and the public with completely incomplete information. and i'm worried that people will have their minds made up and that they'll react with incomplete information. >> mark o'mara, thank you. >> sure thing. it's a big day at facebook. that may be putting it mildly. the company is selling stocks to regular investors for the very first time this morning. is he we have a look at nasdaq headquarters here in new york where mark zuckerberg will ring the opening bell later. >> $38 a share, the social media giant is raising $16 billion on initial public offering. jack black stone is in menlo park, california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here at silicon valley at facebook headquarters, this is the dawn of a day of riches.
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now, ceo mark zuckerberg, 28 years old, is set to be a billionaire 30 times over. and many early employees of this company will become multimillionaires today. but to show they're still in touch with their computer hacker roots, a crowd of facebook employees spent all night here on what they call a hack-a-thon. in fact, it's still going on. facebook set up a huge stage for a company tradition. an overnight computer engineering session. the message, perhaps, is that a company valued at more than $100 billion can't rest. facebook workers have their work cut out, says c-net paul sloan. >> their challenge is not to get more users. it's to find ways to make money off the many users they already have. >> reporter: facebook with revenue over $1 billion in the first three months of 2012. 80% of its profits come from ads aimed at 900 million users.
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what does facebook know about those users? >> what does it not know? >> reporter: that's a gold mine. >> it's a gold mine. they haven't figured out how to make it into a cash machine the way google did. >> reporter: today's stock offering is more than a huge cash machine for early investors and employees. at this restaurant in menlo park, the tables fill up for lunch every day and the parking lot fills up with expensive cars. the wealthy here aren't shy about spending. >> the degree that ipos can be a rising tide for many industries, we've certainly benefitted from that. >> reporter: the new facebook wealthy will join plenty of others with money here, thanks to the success of companies like google and apple. but it can all raise questions about a tech bubble. >> facebook is making money, facebook has a huge audience. it's been around eight years. this is not fly by night operation. >> reporter: now, in just over a
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couple hours, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will ring the opening bell from the stock market from right here on the facebook campus. now, whether or not this is a good or bad day on the stock market, it's an historic day for this company. >> that's for sure. john blackstone, thank you. this week in washington republicans dug in their heels in increasing the federal debt ceiling and many states across the nation have their own serious debt problems. >> california faces one of the worst, a $16 billion budget deficit. this week jerry brown unveils his plan to deal with it using a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes. california governor jerry brown is with us now from sacramento. good morning, governor. >> good morning. >> when you look at california, looking at the ninth biggest economy, also looking at a state that mirrors problems not only around the country but the world. people want to cut spending but don't want to raise taxes. people who want to raise taxes but are restricted in whose
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spending they want to cut. what can the governor of california do? >> well, unlike the federal government, the state of california has the initiative process. last year i tried to get the legislature via required two-thirds vote to let people vote on new taxes. i couldn't get that. i went to the people myself, got over 1.5 million signatures. on the november ballot will be a proposal to raise income taxes on the very affluent and a slight quarter cent tax on everybody else. combined with that we're making some very drastic cuts in almost every year of state government. so, we are going to start living within our means. something that hasn't truly happened for the better part of 30 years. >> and suppose they don't vote for this. what do do you then? >> well, this will be built into my budget that i hope to be able to sign by the end of june.
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that will be something called trigger cut. so, the people will either vote to bring in somewhere between $8 to $10 billion in new taxes, principally from the most affluent people, or they will vote no and that will then automatically impose some pretty drastic cuts. because one way or the other, we are to balance the budget. >> if i understand you, if they don't vote for the tax hike, then there will be automatic cuts that will be deep, austerity budget no one has seen in california in a while? >> that's exactly right. the reason we have to have what we call trigger cuts, we have to have a budget truly balanced. that's just the way it's got to be. so, the people do get to make a choice. i'm going to campaign hard for the yes vote, but one way or the other, we are putting our books in balance. >> you predicted earlier, i think in january, the budget deficit would only be $9 billion. what happened? >> very simple.
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we're not fortune tellers. we don't have clairvoyance. and the economy didn't generate about $3 billion that i thought -- my financial team thought it would. in addition, we have federal courts who blocked billions in cuts that i'm proposing. and then we have the national administration that has not yet given us waivers on some of the medicaid cuts that i've proposed. >> you're relying on the people giving you more tax revenue and you're relying on them giving you more tax revenue because of the fear of the automatic cuts, which will go right to the bone. to quote you, government is a nurse. it's a teacher. it's a highway patrolman. it's someone working in a mental hospital. so when we cut, that's what we cut. that's where you are in terms of the philosophy at the moment. >> well, where we are, you have to live within your means. it's a day of reckoning. government does a lot of good things. when it does more good things, it has money to pay for them --
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so we have to cut good in order to avoid bad. that's called putting our fiscal house in order. it's not easy. the last several governors have faced difficulty in actually achieving that. i feel at this stage of my life, this is what i've been called upon to do. god willing, i'm going to do it. >> what's the argument you make to the people who believe you were a governor that would not be cutting not only what they expected in terms of what government does, but also cutting the ability of california to be competitive in the future? >> if you don't have it, there's an old latin phrase, pnumodon, no man gives what they don't have. california doesn't have the money that people are expecting it to spend. so, this is a matter of real laymen. we're putting both sides of the equation in balance. that's what it is. when you live an unbalanced life, you pay. i don't think people ultimately,
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when they understand the facts, want imbalance. i think they like sustainability over time. that's what i'm bringing. >> you have put everything on this ballot. >> one way or the other, we're going to get it. they say no, we'll have more cuts. they say yes, we'll have fewer cuts. but either way, california is growing. this is not europe. we're not the european society with sclerotic regimes and the economy and social structure. we're very entrepreneurial, very innovative and people are still coming here. this is where they invented facebook. not in texas. not in arizona. not in manhattan. and certainly not under the -- you know, the white house, congress. this is still the wild west and we'll prove to the rest of the country and the world that we know how to do it. >> facebook was invented in cambridge, massachusetts. >> well, whatever is invented, this is where they are.
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you guys say -- they probably might do a little bit in their laboratory, but they learn fast to get on a plane and get out to california where all the other innovative people are. >> that's right. >> that environment, that laboratory of creativity, then you really get stuff done. >> they do live in silicon valley now, that's for sure. let's assume this fails. that the people say, governor brown, we listened to you. i'm sorry, we just don't think raising taxes and cutting is a way to go. we believe it's only cutting, which is what you told us. how will that be different than what the republicans want to do now? >> well, that would be a more republican idea. look, we're a democracy. we don't -- i don't just issue edict. i've made a proposal. there's more than one way to skin a cat. there's many roads to calcutta and we'll take whatever road to get this. >> suppose a voter comes up and says, governor brown, i hear you
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loud and clear, but have you a project near and dear to you, which is $100 billion high-speed railroad. why don't you make a decision now not to commit to that project because that's the kind of spending california cannot afford? >> well, you can say the same about fixing our roads, expanding our airports, our ports. have you to build to accommodate the growth. as a matter of fact, the high-speed rail over the next 40 years, it won't be 100, i think we can bring it in for a lot less than that, that will be half the price of building new expanded airports and new and expanded freeways. >> people will say the question to you, governor, whether it's more important to invest in high-speed railroad than to invest in education and you're telling me we have to cut education, why not cut plans for high-speed railroad? just as an example. these are the hard choices that have to be made. >> i'm also going to propose a $14 billion water project so make sure we have a reliable water supply.
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we're also investing tens of billions of dollars, principally by private utilities in moving to renewable sources of electricity. california is not stopping. we're not some tired country of europe. we're a bouyant, dynamic society that will both discipline itself on a daily basis, but it will on the long term plant the seeds of future growth. >> how big a bet is this for you? >> how big a bet? >> yes. in other words, your future and your reputation is on getting this bill passed? >> i don't have that much of a future. i got more of a past. than a future. so, i'm not betting anything. i'm coming to work every day. i'm enjoying the hell out of it. and i'm going to do the best i can. whatever way the people go, i'm going with them. >> thank you for this opportunity to talk with you. >> okay. thanks. >> governor jerry brown from california.
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clear. book yourer your -- your vacation today. weather wise, it's a perfect morning. >> it's about the simple temperatures. 77 is going the high today. the number of lasers shined into the eyes of pilots is rising in this country. now the faa wants harsher penalties. monique griego is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a witness investigation brought to problem to -- a wjz investigation brought the issue to light. the federal government is now pushing for stiper penalties. they say people will not only be arrested but pros mros cuted -- prosecuted and fined. back to you. this morning the leaders of the free world are right here in maryland for today's g8.
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they will take up critical international issues like the war on terror. stay with wjz 13 for complete court and jury as the world -- coverage as the word comes to maryland for the g8. our coverage will continued continue this afternoon. sgld -- air travel reached a new high at thur good marshall. the airport is hoping for miss passengers passing through now that bahamma's air is offering direct flights. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next, saying good-bye to a disco icon. a look at donna summer, her life and her legacy. plus, who's going to clean debris drifts towards the united states of america from the japanese tsunami. it's a beautiful morning here in baltimore,
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our good friend chris matthews on msnbc, does "hardball," political junky. he was on jooepd the oth"jeopar" he got his ass kicked. he got so many facts wrong, so today he was offered a job at fox news. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook tokyo this morning. no reports of damage, no tsunami warnings were issued but a year ago the tsunami that hit japan dumped 5 million tons of debris into the pacific ocean and much of it is headed this way. as nancy cordes reports, government scientists are telling congress to prepare for a potential disaster. >> reporter: from a harley davidson motorcycle to barrels of chemicals, tsunami debris is
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already washing ashore on the west coast. in march the u.s. coast guard had to sink a 160-foot fishing vessel that had floated all the way from japan. >> many people said we wouldn't see any of this impact until 2013 or 2014. >> what we're hearing is, it's here. how do we deal with it? >> reporter: at a hearing thursday, senators from western states grilled a top u.s. environmental official. they wanted to know how his haeg planning to deal with the field of trash headed this way quicker than expected. >> we do not have the funds to mount a clean-up, especially in areas as remote as alaska. >> reporter: david kennedy is with noaa. he said it's not clear whether all 1.5 million tons of debris will make it across the pacific. >> how much of that is still
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going to be floating and available to come ashore? we don't have a clue. >> reporter: another thing no one seems to know is how the debris field will affect marine life. fishing is a multibillion dollar industry in the pacific northwest. >> what you're most worried about is that it's going to affect your economy. >> reporter: senator cantwell of washington state wants to know who's going to coordinate the clean-up of potentially hazardous trash. >> we want to plan to see exactly how they're going to deal with it. >> reporter: it won't be cheap. the cost to remove one sailboat that washed up was $1.2 million. for cbs news, nancy cordes. >> lead scientist at nature con vefshtive, cbs news environmental contributor, we're pleased to have him here. good morning. >> good morning. >> how bad is this? some are saying it may be worse than exxon valdez. >> well, the people are saying that, charlie, are really
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talking about the geographic extent of it and the tonnage of it. of course, oil floats so it's not that hard to imagine that this 1.5 million tons of debris is really heavier. is it a serious issue? it' a serious issue. exxon was concentrated in a small area so the impacts in that small area were much greater. >> the danger comes from toxicity, not from radioactive, correct? >> correct. the fishing boat that was just sunk. scientists got on the fishing vessel and looked at radioactivity. toxicity is a issue. >> what specifically are you worried about in terms of toxicity? is it gas, oil, other elements? >> it's hard to know. you know, basically think about everything in your garage and imagine that dumping in the ocean. some of it is going to make it out here intact, so a barrel might contain something. if it's punctured, it would have
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been deligiluted by now. now, one -- >> well, in items of that, put that in perspective. how much garbage was already floating out there that this added to? >> it's great that people are concerned about this one particular issue, but there's probably over 100 million tons of garbage, basically, floating in the pacific ocean alone. so, this represents 1%, 1.5% of what's out there. >> how do you clean it up? >> that's a big question. probably two things. the first is you have to stop stuff getting in. 80% of what we find in the oceans comes from land. not from ships. you have to stop it going in, particularly single-use items. some cities ban it. and then there are some new ideas out there to scoop some of it up and make things out of it or convert it back into fuel.
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that's a miniscule portion of the budget. the main thing is, don't let single-use plastics get in the ocean. >> but once it's there, how do you clean it up and how long does it take? >> once it's there, to be honest, most is going to stay there. you know, people think this garbage stays around like an island. if it was an island, we could go get it. it breaks down. it breaks down into almost microscopic particles. today one in ten of the bait fish, they have plastic in their stomach. it makes it's way up the food chain. it's more like a plastic soup rather than an island. once it's in, you have to wait it out, which is a long, long time. hundreds of years. best solution, prevent it from going in the first place. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, charlie. tributes to donna summer are pouring in. quincy jones says her voice was the heart beat and soundtrack of a decade. we'll look back at the woman
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♪ love to love you baby >> reporter: when donna summer was wrikt her breakthrough hit in 1975, all she had was the title "love to love you baby". >> i had to sing the track, but i didn't have the words so i did a lot of oohs and aahs. >> reporter: those sexy oohs and aahs by a singer with a strict christian upbringing got the song banned by some radio stations. >> it was an act. that wasn't how i wanted to be known. i want to be known for my ability, not for my sexuality. >> reporter: but the song made summer an international star. disco was king and she would forever be its queen. as she told "cbs sunday morning" in 200 8 -- >> i'm trying to change it to empress. i've been queen long enough. >> reporter: one of seven children, born to a working class boston family, summer started singing in church where she said, god spoke to her one day. >> and so i began to tell
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everybody, god said i'm going to be famous. they, of course, thought i was insane. that's okay. i have the last laugh. ♪ she works hard for the money >> reporter: she scored 14 top ten hits in her career and sold more than 100 million records worldwide. in 1978 her song for the disco film "thank god its friday" would become her signature tune. ♪ let's dance the last dance for love ♪ >> reporter: and win her the first of five grammys. >> who can forget "last dance," the very last song they played every night before the club would close. >> reporter: harry wayne casey leads the disco group k.c. and the sunshine band. >> i will miss her tremendously. i love you, donna. i really do. ♪ love >> reporter: summer's music is still being sampled and covered by artists like madonna. ♪
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>> i think that some of the songs are a source of great joy for people. and i think that period in its own strange way was a happy period for a lot of people. ♪ for tonight is on its way >> reporter: for donna summer, who was just 63, it seems too soon to turn out the lights. for "cbs this morning," i'm an tone mason. >> well said by anthony mason. >> yeah, it was a great piece. 14 top ten hits. amazing. >> 100 million. >>
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in a new ad that just came out, president obama calls mitt romney's former firm bain capital a vampire. now they are demanding a movie about bain capital. oh, so sexy. we're going to have a dictator with us this morning, at least he plays one. in a very funny new movie. >> sacha baron cohen, and now admiral general aladean will be here in studio 57. before we get to that it's time for this morning's "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips. >> good morning. in today's "healthwatch," sun protection for your eyes. with sunny days ahead, most know to slather on sunscreen to protect our skin, but you also
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last night our cbs station in new jersey was doing a live shot. that guy falls out of a window. gets up, goes inside. yeah. a little tv appearance and back to whatever else is going on. >> probably hurting today, though. >> it looked like it could have been a little painful. let's go to gayle. she's in the control room. what's up next? >> i want to know what was going on in that room? that's what i would like to know. hello, you two. his parent wanted him to be a lawyer but sacha baron cohen had other ideas. he went on to create phenomenons. today he's live in studio 57. his latest creation is called "the dictator." once upon a time there was a royal palace housing king george iii. his kitchen went untouched until now. mark phillips takes us inside the extraordinary restoration. and hugh dancy is starring in "hysteria."
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4 minutes before 8 o'clock. here is sharon gibala with traffic control. >> unfortunately it's gotten busy out there for your friday morning commute. a new accident on 70 eastbound, that one at 29. watch for delays as you approach the beltway. we have an accident on putty hill. an accident at had wick. in the city north castle. big delays on the west side of the beltway. 70 is clear. this traffic report is brought to you by baltimore hyundai. we're celebrating the hyundai e hand tra. save thousands now. back over to you. following up on a wjz investigation.
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the faa is now pushing for bigger penalties for people caught signing lasers into cockpits. >> reporter: a wjz investigation brought the problem to light here in maryland. when a laser is pointed at an aircraft it can create blinding lite in the cokepit. in 2010 nearly 3,000 incidents were reported nationwide. the federal government is now pushing for stiffer penalties. they say people really arrested, prosecuted and fined. back to you. marty is in the weather center. >> let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast. it's an easy one. sunshine all day long and a high of 77. take it away. wjz 13, maryland's news station is always on. up next a look at the space x launch tomorrow.
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i think the longer we just sit here, the more uncomfortable it will make jay. he's getting a live feed in a satellite truck right now. he is watching every second. he looks unhappy. he's going to pack it in soon. >> a little double-teaming on david letterman last night with conan o'brien. i think jay leno has a good sense of humor. >> but they are talking about it more now. >> i'm noticing that. how are you? >> a little throat problem, don't i? >> yeah. you feel as bad -- you don't sound terrible but we can tell --
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>> i feel great. >> you look good, too. it's 8:00, welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. you are -- >> charlie rose. this is erica hill. one small step for man but one giant leap fort privatization of space. tomorrow morning a company called spacex plans to launch a rocket headed for the international space station. >> it is loaded with cargo, groceries for the most part, and astro physicist neil tyson is director of haydon planetarium, and also the author of "space chronicles." hello to you. nice to have you back. >> i have to go with the tie. >> tomorrow you'll be doing the happy dance at your house, won't you? >> i think it's a long overdue event that the participation of private launches in our frontier in space is under way. >> so, what's happening exactly? when they say they're taking groceri groceries, what does that mean and how are they getting there? >> previously we got to the space station with the space
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shuttle that had a cargo bay as well as six, seven, eight astronauts. you don't need the astronauts if you're just delivering supplies, so spacex, the company founded by elon musk, he's famous for saying, how do you make a small fortune in space? start with a big fortune. it's not obvious all of this will reap huge money for him but a very important first step in getting private enterprise to participate in sort of the routine activities that nasa, in my judgment, really shouldn't be doing. we should reserve nasa for advancing a frontier, part of what the charter was established for itself in 1958. >> there's been some criticism about that from neil armstrong, other astronauts saying this isn't the best route. scott pelley was on "60 minutes," let's see how he reacts. >> i was sad to see that because
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those guys are -- they are here rose of mine so it's really tough. i wish they would come and visit and see the hard work we're doing here. and i think that would change their minds. >> they inspired you to do this, didn't they? >> yeah. >> and to see them casting stones in your direction? >> difficult. >> that was -- >> wow. >> he was asked specifically about their concerns over the safety of things like commercial space flight. >> well, of course, you know, if you're doing something you haven't done before, there could be accidents. that's why you test things. in this launch "the falcon 9" is designed for cargo, not people. but space exploration is designed to bring people to the space station as well. yeah, you want to test it and make sure, but if there's anything that shouldn't be dangerous, it's getting into lower orbit where we've been
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going since 1961. yeah, it's dangerous, but still you test it and it works, then do you it and it's cheaper. because the private enterprise, as we know in a capitalist system, cares about profits and they know how to do it cheaper, better, faster. the postal service doesn't -- you they don't use airplanes to move mail. they buy space on cargo from commercial carrier. >> they have the resources to do it? >> yes. we're inventing them if they don't. >> if they do, it it's the first step to manned flight? >> the next phase is something called the "dragon" their next generation spacecraft that will carry humans to the space station. then nasa just pays for that. by the way, they're already paying right to hitch a -- we're paying hundreds of millions a year to take a seat with the russians to get the same thing done. so, let's go for it. >> do you think this is going to work? >> yeah. i don't see why not.
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you know, it's hard because, you know, the space station moving 17,000 miles an hour and it has to catch up and dock accurately. it's hard enough to parallel park on earth. it's a delicate thing. but it's not something that's never been done before. >> late walter cronkite always wanted to go up in space. do you? >> here's the thing. if you shrank the size of earth to a school room globe, mars is a mile away. the moon is 30 feet away. space station is 3/8 of an inch above the surface. you say, go to space -- >> you don't want to be so limited. >> take me somewhere. >> mars? >> sure, mars or the moon, bring the whole family, kids, everything, get some books, a video account. i'm good for it. >> you see science everywhere. always good to see you. >> thanks for having the mid upper 50s . a lot of
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♪ sacha baron cohen is the one man cinematic machine whose movies have grossed over $800 million. wow. the actor and writer has offended people across the political spectrum plus the entire country of kazakhstan with its outrageously brilliant, hilarious, very funny characters. >> hi, i love your hat. >> i would love to become a professional whistler. a pretty amazing. >> make my living out of it. >> i'm coming for you. >> i'm here with my main man.
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his name be newt gingrich. >> the most important part of a fashion show in any german-speaking country, apart from germany. >> smiling. until we meet again. >> ladies and gentlemen, borat! >> we support your war. >> we must keep on with the nato mission and bring him to justice. >> i made that up. >> that last clip is from "the dictator" where he plays a dangerously and delusional colonel in america. welcome, souu sacha baron cohen. >> thank you. >> can you do the most outrageous thing and take the most outrageous risks? >> yes, the freedom in playing
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these, you know, extreme characters, but, you know, you're not just being outrageous for the sake of it. in "borat" and "bruno," we cover some unpleasant fruits and opening up. >> behind all the madness is truth. >> your friends say you always since the time you were a little kid had no shuchutzpah -- you h chutzpah and no fear. is that how you are driven today? >> no. i listen. there are thing i've done where you go into cinema, you know there's a chance you'll get injured, you know, for example in the cage fight in "bruno" where there's 1200 very angry people in there and i'm bound to make out with a guy and there's going to be a riot, and i know there's going to be a riot.
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it's not that i'm not scared. i am scared. but i'm able to overcome the fear. that's what i'm good at. >> where do the characters come from, like "the dictator"? >> well, the influence of "the dictator" was really colonel gadhafi. but colonel gadhafi was the most absurd of dictators. obviously vicious but would dress unintentionally like a 65-year-old woman, often broke wind during interviews with the bbc, had 15 guards to protect him all the time. and actually with mohammed al fayed, the son of dodi al fayed, who knew ga ddhafi, i said, did
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you have interaction? he said, yes before viagra i used to supply him with suppositories. every three months he would get these for pre-viagra days -- >> so he could do what again? >> no, these dictators, one thing that links them together is they have many women. what is the most powerful men in the world do? he gets women. >> you know, we -- we definitely get the joke. do you ever wonder -- or ever worry about offending people or do you think, it's just a joke, stay with me please? does that ever cross your mind? >> not really. te idea is that, you know, comedies should be free. and, you know, to single out a particular group and say, we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice, and it's patronnizing.
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>> this is the first time i've seen you not in character. >> me, too. >> because? other than the fact we asked you not to. >> it's not undercover, not documentary. it's a story. if you imagine colonel gadhafi out of power and working in a vegan health food store in brooklyn, that's the kind of thing. in order to convey that -- >> your mother and dad wanted you to go to cambridge and law school. >> yes. >> are they surprised by anything that's come out of your movie career? >> i did go to cambridge. i didn't go to law school. bear in mind, when i grew up in london, a suburb of london, there were no people who went to hollywood and started making movies. when i told my parents i wanted to become an actor, they assumed it was a life of poverty. >> didn't know anybody in television. >> exactly. is seemed absurd -- >> but you gave yourself five
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years to make it. why five years? how did you come up with five? >> i said five years in order to make enough money to sort of feed myself. that was it. at the end of five years i laned the job as, you know, playing this reporter, which made up the character of ali g. >> you took on characters to get admitted to places in cambridge, backstage, as a waiter or part of a crew? >> yes. at cambridge, the thing about it is, because i didn't work very hard. i was mainly acting. one thing i had to realize was how to fake it, get through university. there was a training there. >> i was surprised to see, you've had great writers, not only writers but actors, seth brogan, jonah hill, have written with you?
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>> yes. seth rogen, brilliant, works he said, i go everywhere with my partner. i said, all right, you have to come on the road with us, share a bed and you have to share -- they said fine. the two guys would write in their underpants in bed with like a laptop, you know, 16 beers around them. >> i'm thinking that works for you. i have to say, i meet your wife recently at a book party. she's so lovely. i'm thinking, somebody's partner really shows the type of person that they are, is where i'm going with this. i'm thinking, she's so lovely, such a doll up. cannot be possibly obnoxious at home. you can't be. >> i try to be. >> no, no, no, no. how do you see yourself as a husband and a dad? you have two lovely children. >> well, i -- >> i'm curious about what you're like. >> i try to keep my private life
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separate. >> yes. >> the more do you that, the more outrageous you can be in public. >> exactly. so, i try and be -- >> do you know the next character? >> the next thing i'm probably doing is freddie mercury. i'm doing a bio. and then i'm doing -- working with russell crowe and hugh jackman, with the director of "king's speech," starting that monday. >> this is live so i know we have to go, but what would you have done if someone had walked up and thrown ashes on you during the live broadcast, would you have thought that was funny? >> depends if they were actual ashes. i mean, with ryan seacrest, it was actually a bit of flour. i sent him a new jacket afterwards. had a little label inside, made by child slave labor. >> we have to go, unfortunately. great to see you. thank you for coming. >> good luck. >> "the dictator" is now in theaters. you can see him tonight on "the
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25 minutes past 8:00. it's a beautiful start. we've seen several boat s on the move. >> let's take a look at the forecast. really a fine day start. 77 degrees is going to be the high. we're moving in on 60 now. here is sharon gibala with traffic control. well, it's a beautiful morning to drive. unfortunately you'll get stuck in traffic jams around town. we have a few new accidents. 795 southbound just past the bell beltway, that is -- beltway, that is causing a day -- delay. accident still working in towson, putty hill avenue. another one in manchester, route
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30 at map l grove. one in the city on den son street at clifton avenue. there's a look another -- at your speeds on the beltway. 70 is all clear. that earlier accident is gone. there's a live look outside at the west side. not looking so bad in that shot. this traffic report is brought you do by the cochran firm. back over the -- to you. we're following up on our own invest as feds -- investigation as feds want to put an end to laser threats on pilots. >> reporter: a wjz investigation brought to problem to light. when a laser is pointed it can create a blinding light in the cockpit. in 2010 nearly 3,000 incidents were reported nationwide. because of the danger is federal government is posing for stiffer penalty.
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♪ on the radio ♪ whoa on the radio ♪ whoa on the radio >> san francisco. >> and donna summer. my favorite donna summer song -- you start thinking about all the amazing music and you say, i remember that, i remember that. >> that piece anthony mason did for us this morning, looking back -- >> i liked her. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we've been talking a lot about queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee. it's a year-long celebration. it reaches its peak next month. >> the queen represents a dynasty that goes back nearly 9 1/2 centuries. mark phillips found out a few things about her ancestors by
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going through his old home. >> reporter: this is a jubilee year. in which everything royal is being celebrated. 60 years of the queen on the throne. the increasing world of the princess, charles, william and harry, and, of course, kate up. probably haven't heard about the mad king and the bathtub in the kitchen. here's a hint. it happened here 200 years ago at this small royal palace in west london. there are bigger and better known royal palaces in britain. buckingham palace, the queen's london digs. kensington palace where william and kate will live. and where diana lived between her divorce and her death. but a littleal palace in west london may provide a better glimpse of how the royals have lived through the ages. this is where the beleaguered king george iii lived more than 200 years ago. the king george who lost america to the uppity colonials.
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this wax bust is all that remains of the poor king now. no stein of the famous blood disorder that made him famously mad. details of his troubled life have been discovered here in the kitchen. >> when we first came to this kitchen, the place is absolutely full of junk. >> reporter: because the palace was abandoned by later royals, the georgian kitchen block had become an untouched junk room, which is why it's so interesting. it's now been restored and is a window into the past. one of its secrets, a tin bathtub for the king, in the kitchen, where the hot water was. >> right inside the chimney was a strange looking object, which turned out to be the bathtub. george iii, because he had bouts of illness, was prescribed baths as part of his treatment. >> reporter: when we visited three months ago -- so he could come in here and get in the tub? the kitchens were a construction site. today they relegal the latest
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modern appliances, of the 1700s. your handy bread oven, the barbecue that could take a whole sheep, charcoal stoves that put out a huge amount of heat whether you wanted them to or not. food historian mark men tonville has brought the kitchen to life. dressed in peerd garb, cooking grub fit for a king. >> i mean, it moves on to all the other dishes. roast wood mutton. >> reporter: the restoration snapshot of a particular date, 6th of february 1789, the day king george iii is said to have emerged from his first but not his last bout of madness. >> on that day he was better. that's quite important not just for the nation but for the cooks. while you're an invalid, you eat invalid food and might be spoon
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fed. on the 6th of february he ate a proper dinner. >> reporter: the award-winning movie "the madness of king george" showed he was a hard guy to cater for. and this kitchen shows just how hard a job it really was. >> there's a way of looking at the social history of the palace. the life of kings and queens is not that accessible to all of us. we don't all understand it. when you walk into a place like this, this is where people worked and it brings to life that royal court. the royal kitchens have always been a labor-intensive place. not a problem if you're a royal or have lots of labor. for "cbs this morning," i'm mark phillips in london. >> the stories continue and continue and continue. >> i know. did i miss who they're cooking for? who get to eat it? is it -- >> are you hungry? do you want mutton? charlie made a face when he heard that. >> no, the part where they said
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an oven big enough to cook the sheep if. i'll pass but i'm -- >> they were recreating it. >> it's part of the restoration. they're recreating it and one of the meals they believe would are been eating on that february 6th. >> i'm stig troo toig out who gets to eat the food. can he get the answer to that before the show's over? i'm very curious. tomorrow on "cbs this morning: saturday," reading writing and how about this, tweeting? rebecca jarvis visits a first grade class in ohio where kids are using twitter to learn to read. do you think they're too young for social media? that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning: saturday." >> maybe it helps with their math skills. you're limited to 140 characters. >> i don't know. i think kids are already leshing too good to be forgotten, instead of writing out the word "to" they're using the nbdz. charlie, do you like teaching
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the kids on tweeting? >> i don't mind that as long as they don't lose an appreciation for language. >> that's what i worry about. i think it's being lost. >> maybe we should talk to a man who has a degree in english literature next? he could probably speak better than me, hugh dancy, called a quintessential british leading man. his new film is set in the 1800s with a topic some people don't even like to talk it is a beautiful morning. really honestly, it is. temperatures right now in the low 60s. going to be a beautiful day. the high of 77 degrees. really pleasant. to want clear skies -- tonight clear skies, over night low of 50. your dinner time temperature still in the 73 degree range. tomorrow we will start to see some high clouds later, high of 85. monday 77,
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>> warm and tingly is right. the new romantic comedy "hysteria" stars hugh dancy aa young doctor in the 1880 s. >> he's currently on broadway. welcome. >> good morning. >> when they came to you to presented this movie to you, how did they define and describe dr. grandall? >> they wanted me if i wanted to play the man who invented the vibrator? >> can we say that on tv? >> too late now. i've made the movie. i said, yes, i've been waiting for your call. >> you always wondered who that was and what he was like. >> it's an intriguing story. >> it is. let's set it up. i was fascinated by watching it
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because in the beginning it started out as correcting a medical problem of sorts for women. i got a kick out of it being called hysteria. because? >> because what they thought they were doing, the great medical minds of the 1880s treating women for what they called hysteria because they thought they were shifting their uterus. >> yeah. >> they didn't recognize it as anything sexual about what they were doing whatsoever. >> they were doing it manually -- >> they were doing it manually. thank you. that's very -- >> yes. >> they were performing this operation manually. they were causing the women to have what they called paraxism and it was in science. electricity was invented around the same time, a labor-saving device for doctors. >> yes. the wrists were getting tired. in the beginning they came up with all these different names. jolly molly, ruby nubby,
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exciter. you know, i want people to know, there's a comedy there, and i think it -- the topic makes people so uncomfortable. it really shouldn't. >> we took -- we took a lot of liberties. it is a comedy. you're exactly right. i think the funniest thing in the movie is the premise, which is true, these guys, well educated men, were doing this astonishing thing without having any idea what was happening right in front of their eyes. you know, it's the -- myself and jonathan price, wonderful cast, great actor. >> charlie, can i say my favorite scene in the movie, you strike bingo and the woman says -- she starts crying. >> she find her voice. >> i thought that scene was hilarious. >> do you ever watch homeland? >> yes, i've heard of that show. >> who's your favorite character? >> i did, when my wife was filming that show last year, it
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was already screening so i would get my weekly fix. >> you had to have it. >> i did. >> it's amazing how many people consider their favorite television show. >> it's a great show. >> how is it living in a busy two-career family? >> well, i mean, busy agood. >> better than not. >> so no complaints there. and in terms of the logistics, we make it work. >> and venus and fur? >> we're on broadway right, every night. we have another 4 1/2 weeks. it's a fantastic play by david ives, two characters, on stage for just over an hour and a half and it's fast moving, very sexy -- >> they call it very steamy and sexy. sort of like psychosexual relationship between the two of them. i'm thinking sex is good for you. >> well, and i will quote you on that. >> i'm thinking that a 90-minute
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theater experience is great. >> me too, charlie. >> that in itself is a very good thing. >> it's nominated for a tony, so congratulations. they couldn't have gotten a tony nomination without your work. thank you. "hysteria" hopes in new york and los angeles. today speaking of great englishmen it was shakespeare with the my horse. that story coming up next. we'll introduce you. you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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there's a saying life is not the sdes nadestination, that is journey. that can apply to animals just as well as people. >> for one horse, the destination of was one of america's racetrack. the journey there, nothing short of miraculous. >> reporter: in the stands of belmont racetrack wednesday afternoon, shawn and angelica kerr was nervous. their 4-year-old filly was about to run her first race. the expectations were admittedly low in so many ways. her name, not in her wildest dreams, said it all. >> i don't know if you remember the news where some of these horses look like holocaust victims. >> reporter: in spring 200 the police and a humane society raided an upstate new york breeding form where they found deplorable conditions. 177 horses close to starving. their bodies ravaged. the animals were confiscated, put up for adoption. among them, two young fillies
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and a gilding. >> we said, okay, let's take all three of them. >> reporter: with that, captain crime scene, driving miss dixie and not in our wildest dreams suddenly belonged to the kerrs. they knew they needed help so they created five r stables and sold shares to finance their mission. what are the five rs. >> rescue, rehabilitation, racing, and retirement. >> reporter: five people have a share in this stable whose goal was to rehabilitate these three horses. >> exactly. >> reporter: for two of the horses, the focus was on rehab. conditions as a result of their time at that breeding farm in upstate new york meant they'd never train as race horses. >> she came out of the barn with this confidence and, oh, my god, she's a race horse.
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>> reporter: through careful nurturing and rehabilitation, dream's potential began to emerge and the kerrs went looking for a trainer. how many horses are you training? >> i only have 80 right now -- >> reporter: they found billy turner, a man with a rich pedigree of his own. turner trained 1977 triple crown winner seattle slew. nobody imagined that kind of success for dream, turner agrees there's something special about this horse. >> i must admit, i've been amazed at the progress that she's made. >> reporter: two week ago on the muddy main track of belmont, they knew he was ready to compete. which brings us back to the nervous couple up in the stands at wednesday's sixth race. >> and they're off. >> reporter: in the end, dreams didn't win. in fact, she finished dead last. but that's okay. because the race itself was a
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victory. she's already beaten the odds. >> she did. she did. >> she did it. >> incredible story. >> a wonderful couple. . we should thank one of our studio cameramen from bringing us this story. he's one of the shareholders. >> he's two for two. >> he brought us the great oscar couple as well. >> mr. turner sounds like an amzingly -- >> i wanted to hug him when we were done. what's interesting about the kerrs use any drugs. some things are sanctioned for horses and they firmly believe they don't want any of their horses to have that. even though we'll tell you that it put the horses at a disadvantage but it's better for them. >> one of the greatest joys in life is watching a horse be born. they come down and then they kind of struggle to get up and make it up. >> i would be very curious to see how that works with four legs.
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i love the shot, too, behind the horse's head. i love that shot. >> those were those digital -- >> that does it for us. we look back at the past week. we want to show you the name of the people who brought you this broadcast. have a great weekend. andrew, here's his genius. >> you made a terrible egregious mistake. no excuse for it. >> this is why we passed wall street reform. >> the taxpayers, middle income families. >> i would like to see real accountability. >> you lose $3 billion, you better not show your [ bleep ]. >> our political leadership, both sides, have to find common ground. >> we shouldn't dread the limit. >> i'm not concerned about the debt. i'm concerned about the spending. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy! >> paul reinprechting -- >> uncle sam needs to be on a diet. >> steady will make that up by further cuts in medicare and medicaid. >> they don't get us! >> the new york times today called it politically charged. >> we have never gone wrong when
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we expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody. >> i really felt it. >> andrew sullivan on the chris matthews show started to cry. >> eduardo saverin wants to defriend united states of america. >> he's not a believer in the facebook. >> he's not a believer in the united states. >> we should wait until all the evidence is out. looking at it piecemeal is what caused some problems in the past. >> the defense says he was trying to protect his family from all of this. >> rielle needs to tell what they were snuggling, talking about. we want to hear from the mistress. >> oh, yeah, oh, yeah. >> all week we're live in manhattan. >> wow. >> oh. >> not wanting to let him go. >> i didn't know it was that kind of show. >> i got to get beautified because fine charlie rose is up here. charlie, hey. >> when joe torre shows up, men start to drool. >> where are we going, charlie?
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it's 5 minutes before 9 o'clock. it's beautiful outside. marty is in the first warner -- warning weather center. >> 7 7 to e agrees going to be the dr degrees going -- degrees going to be the high. 50 over night, clear skies. tomorrow a sunny start, a few clouds coming in later in the day with a high of 80. mostly cloudy day on sunday. 78. same deal monday, 77. 80 tuesday and wednesday. make ing punishment harsher for people who shine lasers airplane pilots. >> reporter: a wjz investigation brought the problem to light here in
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maryland. when laser is pointed at an aircraft it can create a blinding light in the cockpit. in 2010 nearly 3,000 incidents were reported nationwide. because of the danger the federal government is now pushing for stiffer penalties. people will not only be arrested and prosecuted by fined up to $11,000 for one strike and $3,000 for multiple -- $30,000 for multiple strikes. lease of the world -- leaders of the world are in maryland for the g8 summit. stay with wjz for complete coverage as the world comes to maryland for the g8. our coverage will continue this afternoon. this morning two men charged with running a multimill dollar pill mill are out on bail. 51-year-old michael reznikov and 78-year-old gerald wiseberg
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operated healthy life group just outside the beltway. federal investigators say they are are behind a 9 -- are behind a $9 million a year business that handed out illegal prescriptions and illegal prescription drugs. they are charged with conspireing to distribute narcotics. air travel has reached a new high. more than 4.9 million people went through our airport in the first 3 months of this year. that's an all time high. the airport is hoping for more passengers now that bahama's air is offering direct flights. pimlico and elsewhere, the alley breast fast was held -- breakfast was held yesterday. the breakfast was accompanied by the traditional drink, the black eyed susanne. later today nine phillies will be at the starting gate for the black eyed susanne
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